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What is NYC ZR § 86-44?

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This section modifies curb cut regulations for accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in the Special Forest Hills District. Curb cuts along specified streets are generally prohibited unless certified by the City Planning Commission as safe for traffic. Applies to property owners seeking curb cuts in the designated area.

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§ 86-44 Location of Access to the Street

ZR § 86-44

The waiver provisions of Article III, Chapter 6 (Accessory Off-street Parking and Loading Regulations), pertaining to location of access shall be modified within the Special Forest Hills District, as follows:

(a)curb cuts for permitted or required accessory off-street parking and loading spaces along Austin Street from 70th Avenue to Ascan Avenue and along 71st Avenue from Austin Street to Queens Boulevard, as shown on the map in the Appendix to this Chapter, shall not be allowed. The Chairperson of the City Planning Commission, however, may certify to the Commissioner of Buildings that such zoning lot has access only to such prohibited location and that a curb cut in that location would not be hazardous to traffic safety and would, if granted, be no wider than 20 feet; and

(b)an application for certification respecting such curb cut shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to a scale of at least one sixteenth inch to a foot, showing the size and location of the proposed curb cut.

The Commissioner may refer such matter to the Department of Transportation, or its successor, for a report and may base the determination on such report.

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